Heroin gang led by lorry driver granddad partied in Vegas while claiming benefits
A heroin trafficking gang led by a lorry-driving pensioner holidayed in Las Vegas while claiming benefits. Stanley Feerick was locked up after using his job as as cover to transport hundreds of thousands of pounds of the Class A drug across the country, the Liverpool Echo reports.
When the search warrant was executed in February 2011, officers discovered £126,005 in cash in separate packages. These included £89,800 in a red Henry bag in the kitchen, £13,940 in a carrier bag on the living room floor and £12,890 in a Harvey Nichols shopping bag in the master bedroom. Feerick, who claimed to supplement his income by selling fairground rides, had initially claimed the cash seized at his home was his life savings. He was jailed for two years in 2013, with all six having admitted their respective roles.
The three pallets, comprising of 28 boxes in total, were found in the rear of a lorry which had been loaded up at a warehouse at Reams Hill Holiday Park - a caravan park in Weeton, near Blackpool - on now 68-year-old Feerick's orders before being stopped by police using a stinger. This quantity would have allowed for the production of around 1,000kg of the drug, worth £1.1million, at the "industrial scale" lab.
"Go-between" Baxter was evidenced to have "provided assistance and logistical operations" for the OCG and acted as a courier, delivering £34,000 in cash to Bolton on behalf of Earle to the user of the EncroChat handle "SlimZebra". King's involvement meanwhile was said to have been "limited to class B drugs".
Feerick has a total of 11 previous convictions for 21 offences. His criminal record includes entries for the supply of drugs in 1995, possession of cocaine with intent to supply in 2000, supplying cannabis in 2002 and money laundering in 2013. "There is a completely different side to Mr Feerick. He is capable of leading a constructive life with legitimate employment.
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